FMS544 Merry Christmas

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Hope you have a fun weekend planned!  I have a fun little Christmas card for you today; it uses the FMS sketch, and I am entering it at TGIF and the Krafty Chicks challenges as well, as they are looking for Christmas creations!

I pulled out some retired SU papers and stamps and a Poppy Stamps die I've had for a while but hadn't used in a long time!  So here we go:

I embossed my card front with a Darice snowflake die, cut out my and colored my sled, then added some holly, bling and a bow. The sentiment and little holly leaf from Merry Christmas to All was stamped directly on to the DSP

And I did add a new sentiment from Brightest Glow on the inside:

Stamping Christmas cards in July helps one cool off!  Thanks for stopping by today..enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Brightest Glow, Merry Christmas to All
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Evening Evergreen, Classic Christmas DSP (ret)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Red Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Linen Thread
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Quilt Builder Dies (ret), Small Sled Die (Poppy Stamps), Snowflake Embossing Folder (Darice)

AHSC481 Joy

Happy Wednesday, peeps! Hope your week is going well!  I have a little Christmas card to share using mostly retired products, but a couple of new sentiments too!  I am using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge:

And here we go:

I will admit that I didn't have a definitive plan when I started this card; the two sentiments on the sketch threw me a wee bit, and I just started playing around with a few sets, dies and papers.  The wreath was from the retired Seasonal Swirls, and after diecutting it, I colored in the stars with a retired Gold Wink of Stella.  

The sentiment inside the wreath is from Merry Christmas to All (also retired), stamped in Delicata Gold ink; in hindsight, I should have just used my trusty Encore Gold, as the ink blurred some of the letters a wee bit.  The "joy" is from the new (and very pretty) Brightest Glow, as is the inside sentiment:

I added a little Linen Thread bow and a border embellishment of Crumb Cake and Brushed Gold, diecut with the retired Ornate Frames dies.  A little country, a little elegant, and another for my stash!  Thanks for popping in today!

A friend of mine is very active in a local grange, and she asked me to judge some of the craft and baking items from their last meeting.  What fun! There weren't a lot of entries, but I thoroughly enjoyed seeing what everyone made.  I believe most of these were adult entries, there may have been a couple of junior ones, but I do know that everything I tasted was delicous (but I forgot to take a picture of them!)!

There were several different categories of crafts; I will confess that plastic canvas is not really my style, but I had to admit that this turkey was pretty darn fabulous!  The detail and uniformity was amazing!

And look at the stitching on the back!  I would have liked to have taken this one home with me, LOL!

This sweet little candlewicked pillow with the crocheted edging was adorable!

And this one....cross stitch AND a pumpkin?  Yes, please!  So cute!

I'll share a few more things in the future!  Thanks for popping in today---enjoy it and be blessed!

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge but fools despise wisdom and instruction." Proverbs 1:7

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Brightest Glow, Merry Christmas to All (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Brushed Gold, Crumb Cake Gingham DSP (ret)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Delicata Gold (ret)
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Seasonal Swirls Dies (ret), Ornate Frames Dies (ret), Gold Wink of Stella (ret)

RRCB173

Hi peeps!  Time for a new Retro Rubber challenge, and it's quite a pretty seasonal one!  Check it out:

What a sweet country Christmas image!  I have been finding myself a bit stretched for time lately, so I went very easy, creating some tags with a tag die and adding a sentiment from Merry Christmas to All (2018):

I used an alphabet die I got as a gift from Susan Branch a couple years ago, and added a snowflake stamp and some twine:

It all went on a lovely piece of Winter Wonderland DSP from Simple Stories!  And I did add a few snowflake sequins for fun!   Now, what will you create?  Just remember that your stamps must be at least a year old and you must give the approximate age of them!  We want to give our older stamps some love!  Can't wait to see what you create...share it with us at the Retro Rubber blog!

Thanks for popping in today...enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Merry Christmas to All (2018, ret), Letters & Numbers (Susan Branch, 2018), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret), Kraft, Winter Wonderland DSP (Simple Stories)
Ink	Evening Evergreen, Chocolate Chip (ret), Craft White
Accessories	Thick Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals, Snowflake Sequins (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Tag Dies (Cuttlebug)

GDP201 and TSOT420 Peaceful Deer

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  Hope your week is going well!  I have a Christmas card to share today using the Global Design Project colors as well as the latest Try Stampin On Tuesday sketch:

I've been using mostly white card bases, so I thought I would use a colored one this time, Pretty Peacock.  I used a piece of Pretty Peacock DSP for my banner, and a Dashing Deer stamped in Merry Merlot for my circular focal point:

I used some Mossy Meadow cardstock for a few pine sprigs from the retired Pretty Pines dies, and "tied" them with some Cherry Cobbler thick baker's twine.  The sentiment is from Merry Christmas to all; I taped off most of the sentiment, inked up "peace" then pulled off the tape and stamped it on a tiny piece of Whisper White that was left over from some stitched diecutting! 

I did use a Tim Holtz embossing folder called Deer Knit because it looked so pretty with my deer and evergreens!

I added a white mat on the inside and stamped another sentiment and swirl from Merry Christmas to All:

Hope you enjoyed it!  And from Christmas to summer; remember my almost-blooming sunflowers?  Check these out, all courtesy of my birds at my bird feeder, LOL!

Don't they just make you SMILE!?  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dashing Deer, Merry Christmas to All
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow, Pretty Peacock, Pretty Peacock DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Merry Merlot
Accessories	Cherry Cobbler Thick Baker's Twine (ret), Mini Dimensionals, Glue Dots
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Pretty Pines Dies (ret), Detailed Deer Dies, Deer Knit Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

TMS508 Warm Christmas Wishes

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Summer vacation schedule has got me a wee bit in disarray....my crafting time has to be done in the evening, and I'm having a little bit of trouble adjusting, LOL!  But I am sure we'll get ourselves into a routine!  I got some new goodies and I couldn't wait to use this new set, Rustic Retreat!  I used the Tuesday Morning Sketches sketch for this week:

And here we go:

The base is Naturals White, and the DSP is from the Magnolia Lane series; I stamped the image in Memento Black and colored it with Blends, then fussy cut it and popped it up over a second stamped image:

I added a Cherry Cobbler sentiment and vertical panel, along with the pine branch stamped in Mossy Meadow and embellished with some Old Olive Linen Thread:

A sentiment from Merry Christmas to All, along with some more pine branches:

Another Christmas card for my stash!  How is your stash coming along?  Have you started making yours yet?  Better get busy!

We had really heavy clouds all day yesterday, and I didn't think it would be a good day to hit the pool, but later in the afternoon the sun broke through, so I got out the sprinkler....

They loved laying on the ground and waiting for the spray to hit them in the head, LOL!  It's amazing what a little bit of water can do to entertain a couple of kids!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rustic Retreat, Merry Christmas to All
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Magnolia Lane DSP
Ink	Memento Black, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Old Olive Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, 1 1/3" Circle Punch, Blends

Two Easy Cards

Hi everyone!  Wednesday already, this week is flying by!  I have two really simple cards for two challenges that happen to be fairly similar!  This birthday card for my niece is from  the Inspire.Create Challenge; here's their sketch:

And here's my simple card; I used some My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Heirloom papers and a couple of older Paper Pumpkin stamps:

 I did some paper piecing for this big funky flower:

And here is another one using the same sketch and the Painted Season bundle:

I just love this color!!!

My next card uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

My friend MaryAnne lent me her Best Bunny stamp and bundle, and when I saw this pretty pattern on the Painted Seasons DSP, I knew I had to use it to make an easy baby card:

I colored him with some Blends, stamped some stars directly onto the paper and diecut the sentiment with a die from Stitched Labels!  Another easy fun sketch!!  And here's another card I made with the same sketch....can you tell I was making samples with the Painted Seasons DSPs!?, LOL:

I love these papers!!  Thanks for popping in today!  If you need any info on supplies, give me a shout...I am too lazy today to list them all!!

So you notice Eden has a coat.....but Cassidy does not!  She's never cold!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

FF0028 Glimmer Christmas

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I have a very quick (and late) post today; this card is so simple, it's almost embarrassing!  The Festive Friday challenge for this go-round is Mardi Gras or Glimmer Paper, and since my Christmas card stock is very low, I chose glimmer paper!

So here we go:

I already had a Blueberry Bushel card front cut and scored, so I used that as my base; I cut some Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper with one of the Hometown Greetings Edgelit dies and adhered it to the front (hard to see the sparkle!!):

Then, I attempted something new...I tried to "color" my glimmer paper "Merry" (cut from Merry Christmas Thinlets) with Blueberry Bushel ink and a brayer....it worked a little bit, but mostly got glitter on my ink pad, LOL!  Did you know that a sticky lint brush from the Dollar Store works great to get glitter off most anything?  It's a staple in my craft room!  Anyway, I had already adhered this piece of glimmer paper to an adhesive sheet, so it was very easy to adhere it to my card!  I added a sentiment from Merry Christmas to All, diecut with a Rectangle Stitched die, some sequins, and it was done!

I am also adding this to the Jingle Belles' All That Glitters challenge!!

I am not sure what you call these little magnetized building things, but they're sure fun to play with!

According to Cassidy, this is a man looking through a telescope...yep, I can see that!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!  And be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Merry Christmas to All
Card stock & Papers	Blueberry Bushel, Whisper White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Adhesive Sheets
Ink	Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Sequins (ret), Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Hometown Greetings Edgelits, Merry Christmas Thinlets, Brayer